May 21

Hello Canberra,

Hello Canberra,

⛅️ Weather: 16° and mostly sunny. Getting down to 0° tonight.

📆 Today: It’s Tuesday 21st May. Today’s issue is sponsored by 😍 The Dinner Ladies.

♻️ Goodies Junction

The next iteration of the recycling and reuse facilities at the Mitchell and Mugga Lane tips will be known as Goodies Junction. Vinnies won the tender to take over The Green Shed, and will commence operations on the 31st of May. The shops will be closed during June as part of the transition, but you can continue to drop off goods seven days a week at both sites. All the donations previously accepted, including electrical items, can continue to be dropped off.

The new store will be open for shopping on July 1st. Details here.

Do you like the name Goodies Junction? Vote here.

This Week: 🪡 CraftAlive

Australia’s largest craft event series is coming to Canberra this week. CraftAlive is packed with the latest craft supplies, kits, and equipment. You’ll also have the chance to learn from world-class specialists through interactive classes and demonstrations. There is a packed schedule from Thursday to Sunday this week at EPIC. Details here.

This Weekend: 🥃 Whisky Live

This weekend, there will be a Whisky event at the UC Refectory. You’ll have the chance to taste a range of top-shelf whiskies from around the world. Details here.

Thank you to Dustin for the tip about this event.

Something to do: 🏺 Craft + Design Winter & Spring Calendar

Craft + Design Canberra has released its calendar of workshops for Winter and Spring. These popular workshops include bookbinding, creative journaling, cultural weaving and much more. Details here.

Friday: Tjaabi Performance

Tjaabi–Flood Country is a contemporary intercultural music and theatre performance led by Ngarluma man Patrick Churnside. This performance is happening at “The Vault”, the ex-mint warehouse turned events space. Details here.

Kids: 📚 Simultaneous Storytime 2024

National Simultaneous Storytime is happening tomorrow across Libraries ACT branches. A number of special guest readers will be reading ‘Bowerbird Blues’ by Aura Parker. Details here.

Tidbits:

Lottery Winner: A Canberra man is $2.5 million richer after buying his first-ever lottery ticket. The winning ticket was purchased at the Metro service station in Mitchell.

Blood Donations Needed: Lifeblood (Red Cross) is currently seeing a critical shortage of blood donations. Details here.

Casey Market Town: Do you live in or around Casey? The ACT Government is seeking feedback regarding parking, access and safety issues in the Casey Market Town area. Details here.

Comedy At GangGang - There will be a comedy night happening tomorrow evening at GangGang in Downer. Details here.

🍝 In Partnership with Dinner Ladies

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